Momentus

The space infrastructure services company

momentus.space

HQ: Santa Clara, CA, USA

51-200

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Updated Jul 30, 2026

Overview

Momentus is a U.S. commercial space company that provides in-space transportation and infrastructure services, including hosted payloads and in-orbit services, using its Vigoride orbital service vehicles and water-plasma propulsion technology.

Primary product

Vigoride Orbital Service Vehicle (OSV) and related in-space transportation/in-orbit services

Founded

2017

Headquarters

San Jose, California, United States

Team size

40-50 employees

Industry

Aviation and Aerospace Component Manufacturing

Sub-industry

Space Research and Technology

Offices

San Jose, California, United States

Santa Clara, California, United States

Thailand

Business model

B2B commercial space services

Mission-based payload hosting and orbital transport

Government contract services

Satellite technology and component sales

Funding

Stage

Post-IPO Equity

Latest round

Registered Direct Offering · Jun 2026

Latest amount

$25M

Private placement / registered direct offering

Jun 2026 · New and existing fundamental institutional investors

$25M

Capital transactions announced

Jun 2026

$84.6M

At-the-market equity program

Sep 2022

$50M

IPO

Jan 2021

People & investors

Leadership

John C. Rood

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer

Rob Schwarz

Chief Technology Officer

Lon Ensler

Chief Financial Officer

Jon Layman

Chief Legal Officer

Chris Kinman

Chief Commercial Officer

Dennis Mahoney

Interim Chief Financial Officer

Founders

Lev Khasis

Co-founder, former director

Mikhail Kokorich

Founder

Investors

ACE & Company

Institutional investors

Joe Montana's Liquid2VC fund

Lerner Family

Liquid 2 Ventures

Mountain Nazca

New and existing fundamental institutional investors

One Way Ventures

Prime Movers Lab

Public market investors

Quiet Capital

Stable Road Acquisition Corp.

Tony Robbins

Tribe Capital

University of Wyoming Foundation

Y Combinator

Yield Point NY, LLC

Work & culture

Publicly presented as mission-driven and innovation-focused, with an emphasis on creative, positive people, cross-functional collaboration, and building space infrastructure services.

Visa sponsorship

Limited

Compensation

Public job postings show base pay plus bonus and equity, with salary ranges published for some roles. Some roles require U.S. citizenship, permanent residence, or protected-person status due to export-control requirements.

Benefits

medical insurance

dental insurance

vision insurance

401(k) retirement plan

short- and long-term disability insurance

life insurance

flexible PTO

11 paid holidays

sick time

paid parental leave

Product & market

Pricing

Contract-based mission pricing and milestone-based payments; some services also appear to use hosted payload and payload-integration pricing, with public capital raises separate from operating revenue.

Differentiators

—Water-based MET propulsion platform
—Hosted payload and in-orbit services integrated with launch and operations
—Demonstrated on-orbit missions with Vigoride vehicles
—Government and commercial payload hosting
—Vertical integration of spacecraft design, manufacturing, and operations

Technology

Vigoride OSV

Microwave Electrothermal Thruster (MET)

water plasma propulsion

autonomous rendezvous and proximity operations (RPO)

in-space assembly technologies

advanced satellite servicing

hosted payload mission operations

clean-room R&D and manufacturing

mission operations center

Customers

NASA

U.S. Department of Defense

U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory / SpaceWERX

government payload customers

commercial payload customers

Caltech

Aarhus University

C3S LLC

CONTEC

Qosmosys

CUAVA

Competitors

Rocket Lab

SpaceX

Northrop Grumman in-space services

Mynaric

Impulse Space

D-Orbit

Astroscale

Scale & contact

Estimated revenue

$1M-$10M

Estimated monthly visits

23K

Traffic estimate as of Jun 2026

sales@momentus.space +1 (650) 564-7820

Signals & risks

Other

Jun 2021

Momentus signed a National Security Agreement in connection with regulatory and governance issues noted in company press materials.

Source

Other

Sep 2022

Company launched a three-year, $50 million at-the-market equity program.

Source

Other

Mar 2026

Momentus relocated to a new San Jose facility at 1762 Automation Parkway, nearly quadrupling clean-room space and lowering monthly operating costs.

Source

Other

Jun 2026

Company announced approximately $84.6 million raised through multiple capital transactions and reported about $76 million in cash on hand.

Source

Latest news

Momentus Secures New Commercial Contract for Vigoride-9 Orbital Service Vehicle

Investor Relations / Business Wire · Jun 2026

Momentus said it won a new contract with the University of Colorado Boulder’s LASP, reinforcing demand for Vigoride missions and future commercial revenue opportunities.

Momentus Announces Pricing of a $25 Million Registered Direct Offering of Common Stock

Morningstar / Business Wire · Jun 2026

The company priced a $25 million registered direct offering with new and existing institutional investors.

Momentus Announces Pricing of a $25 Million Registered Direct Offering of Common Stock Priced At-The-Market Under Nasdaq Rules with New and Existing Fundamental Institutional Investors

Investor Relations / Business Wire · Jun 2026

The company priced a $25 million registered direct stock offering to strengthen liquidity and fund working capital and corporate uses.

Momentus Strengthens Balance Sheet with $76 Million in Cash While Progress in Executing Current Space Mission Reinforces Long-Term Growth Strategy